Compartmented savings bank



Nov. 26, 1957 ZIETCHICK COMPARTMENTED SAVINGS BANK Filed July 25, 1955United States Patent Office 2,814,436 Patented Nov. 26, 1-957 2,814,436COMPARTMENTED SAVINGS BANK Leo Zietchick, Brooklyn, N. Y. ApplicationJuly 25, 1955, Serial No. 524,060 2 Claims. (Cl. 232-4) This inventionrelates to banks or the like.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a bank simulatingthe appearance of a house and wherein it is normally necessary todeposit several coins in order to open the interior thereof in a noveland attractive manner.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a bank of theabove type that tends to force the owner to save money and to accumulatean appreciable amount before the bank is opened.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a bank having theabove objects in mind which is of simple construction, has a minimumnumber of parts, is easy to use and inexpensive to manufacture andeflicient in operation.

For other objects and a better understandingof the invention, referencemay be had to the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a preferred embodiment of thepresentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rear portion of the device showingin phantom the front portion;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of a portion of thedevice; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken along the line5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, and more particularly toFig. 2, represents a rectangular rear wall integrally formed with thebottom wall 11, side walls 12 and top wall 13, the walls being formed ofplastic or other suitable material. A partition 14 is integrally formedintermediate the top and bottom walls providing compartments 15 and 16.

The top wall 13 above the compartment 16 is provided with an elongatedslot 17 as well as an arrow pointing thereto and the descriptivematerial Dollar Slot. The top wall 13 above the compartment 16 at theforward edge thereof is also provided with a slot 18 as well as an arrowand descriptive material One Cent, Five Cent, Ten Cent and Fifty CentCoin Slot. A rake shaped element 19 is secured to the bottom wall 13along the inner edge of the slot 18 and prevents the escape of coins, aswill be obvious. The top wall 13 is also provided with a second slot 20along its forward edge communieating with the compartment 15 and isprovided with descriptive material Twenty-five Cent Coin Slot adjacentthereto.

A key 21 is normally positioned within the compartment 15. Thecompartments 15 and 16 are closed by the front piece 22 of plasticsecured to the edges of the rear member in suitable manner, for exampleglue, the front piece 22 simulating in appearance the front of a house,substantially as illustrated. The front piece 22 is provided with arectangular opening 23 simulating the appearance of a window or dormerwhich is adapted to be aligned with a rectangular opening 24 provided ina metal gear 25 rotatably mounted on the rear face of the front piece 22by means of the rivet 26.

The front piece 22 in front of the compartment 16 is provided with anopening 27 simulating the appearance of a garage door opening and acrosswhich is removably secured a garage door 28 by means of the integrallyformed tongue and slot constructions 29 and 30 and a U-shaped bracket 31which extends through the plate 32 fixedly carried by the door 28. Alock 33 is positioned on the bracket 31 whereby to retain the door inthe closed position. The lock 33 is, of course, opened by the key 21.

A spring pawl member 34 is secured below the slot 20 and is adapted torotate the gear 25 upon being depressed by a coin inserted downwardlythrough slot 20, the spring member 34 moving one tooth of the gear 25with each deposit.

The front piece 22 is also provided with the windows 35 and 36 and 37 asWell as the door 38.

After depositing a few quarters through the slot 20, the opening in theplastic window 23 is closed by the turning of the gear 25. When the gearmakes a complete revolution, the two windows 23 and 24 will becomealigned so that money in the compartment 15 may be removed. The key 21may also then be removed which will then permit the opening of lock 33,door 28 and the removal of the contents of the compartment 16.Therefore, in order to open the door 28, a suflicient number of quartersnormally must first be deposited within the first compartment 15 toenable the openings 23 and 24 to become aligned. The compartment 16 isseparated from compartment 15 by partition 14 and is designed for coinsother than quarters and folding money. Thus, the house tends to forcethe owner to save money and to accummulate a minimum amount before thegarage door may be opened. Also, when the key is obtained, it opens thepath for a vast amount of wealth in compartment 16. Even though there isno money in the compartment 16, the device still tends to force theowner to save an appreciable amount before the windows 23 and 24 willbecome aligned, and the device is ideal for saving for vacations, alltypes of charity drives, budget incentive plans, trips, Christmas andother purposes.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what isclaimed is:

1. A bank comprising a housing having an open front and divided intocompartments by a central partition and a front piece in closingengagement with the open front of said housing, said front piecesimulating the appearance of a house, a gear rotatably mounted on theinner face of said front piece within one of said compartments, the topwall of said housing having a slot communicating with said onecompartment, means for automatically rotating said gear a predeterminedamount upon depositing a coin through said slot, said front piece andgear having windows, normally out of alignment following the deposit ofthe first coin, adapted to be re-aligned, to provide an exit opening fora key deposited Within the interior of said one compartment, upondepositing of a sufficient number of additional coins to complete onerotation of said gear, said top wall having other openings adapted toreceive other coins and money therethrough into said other compartment,said front piece having a door to said other compartment, releasablelock means for locking said door, said key being adapted to effect 3release of said lock means subsequent to the alignment of said windows.

2. A bank according to claim 1, said means for rotating said gearcomprising a spring pawl member disposed below said slotand adapted torotate said gear through one tooth thereof upon being depressed as acoin is deposited.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS EllisAug. 18, Stone Dec. 12, Chein May 11, Goepel July 11, Gosselin Jan. 3,

